ALIDA STAR GEBSER AND ALIDA JEAN MCCULLOUGH v. LAGO VISTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (1998)

ALIDA STAR GEBSER AND ALIDA JEAN MCCULLOUGH v. LAGO VISTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
	Term: 1997
Important Dates
	Argued: March 25, 1998
	Decided: June 22, 1998
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

ALIDA STAR GEBSER AND ALIDA JEAN MCCULLOUGH v. LAGO VISTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 1998. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1998.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Student, or applicant for admission to an educational institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: Texas
Citation: 524 U.S. 274
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.